Plaque for Savage Squirrel Awardees Donated to the DCWST
2022 Savage Squirrel Nikki O’Donnell holds the newly dedicated plaque.
For 16 years the DCWST has selected athletes to receive the Savage Squirrel Award. The award, our most prestigious, is given to one female and one male who most embody the DCWST ethos of sportsmanship, positive attitude, athletic achievement, and an overall love of the sport. The Savage Squirrel Awardees inscribe their name on the hallowed Savage Squirrel helmet. The current helmet, and its predecessor, are preserved by the team as icons that represent this tradition.
This year the team added a new icon – the Savage Squirrel Plaque. It will be engraved with all past Savage Squirrel Award winners and displayed in the race shack.
Special thanks to Klaus Schmidt for his donation of the plaque and the hard work put in bringing this new form of recognition to the team.
Savage Squirrel Awardees are listed below.
2021-2022: Bayden Copley and Nikki O’Donnell
2020-2021: Maraid Johnson and Walter Brands
2019-2020: Emma Lynch and Marcus Schmidt
2018-2019: Sydney Willig and Demetri Engel
2017-2018: Jaclyn Yoder and Casey Fuller
2016-2017: Jaclyn Jacobs and Jack Phelps
2015-2016: Gregory Morris and Lexi Orenstein
2014-2015: John Yoder and Lizzie Kinnard
2013-2014: Trey Rouse and Ashley Wilhelm
2012-2013: (not given)
2011-2012: Lauren Morris and John Wagner
2010-2011: Nicole Walch and Aryne Riley
2009-2010: Cara Stough and Colin Lynch
2008-2009: Jack Havens
2007-2008: Kyle Rouse and Danielle White
2006-2007: Tom Wallisch and Elizabeth Green